By
eHow Home & Garden Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Whole cloves
- Sweet, ripe apple
- Clove oil
- Liquid cleaning supplies
- Decorative materials (ribbon, dried flowers, baby's breath)
- Clove powder
- Nylon stockings
Step1
Purchase whole cloves for removing flies. Whole cloves look like long sticks with balls on the end. Push about twenty cloves randomly into a sweet ripe apple. The type of apple does not matter, as the real fly repellent is the clove. Set your apple in the center of your picnic table, on your kitchen counter, or anywhere where flies have become a problem.
Step2
Keep your house free of flies by adding a few drops of clove oil to your regular cleaning supplies. While you shouldn't add the oil to any liquid that will come into contact with fabric, as it may stain, you can add it to your surface cleaning liquids, your mop water and even glass cleaner. Not only will it help to repel flies, it smells wonderful.
Step3
Cluster your clove stems and tie with a decorative string. Hang your beautiful and functional clove bouquets anywhere where house flies become a problem. To add a further decorative touch, consider adding ribbons, dried flowers or baby's breath.
Step4
Clear flies from areas where they can be a huge problem, such as your horse stall, barn or chicken coop. Fill the end of an old nylon stocking with at least 1/4 cup of clove powder and hang the stocking, or multiple stockings, where necessary. Crush the powder inside the stocking with your hand about once a week and replace the powder about once every 2 months.
Comments
leannec71 said
on 4/9/2008 Great I will use your tips this fly season. I have a tip. Dollar General has spices for 50 cents each. They have clove powder but maybe not the whole cloves.